1. The New England colonies run by private corporations under a royal charter. They were Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
2. The (1) colonies run by England. They were Maryland and Virginia.
B. England wanted to gain control of the Dutch-controlled land in between these two groups of colonies because of its (2) and river trade.
C.The Dutch colony was (3). Its main settlement of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island was a center of shipping to and from the Americas. The Dutch West India Company gave new settlers who brought at least 50 settlers with them a large estate. These landowners gained riverfront estates and ruled like kings. They were called (4).
D. In 1644 the English sent a fleet to attack New Amsterdam. The governor of New Amsterdam, (5), was unprepared for a battle, so he surrendered the colony.
E. The Duke of York gained control of the colony and named it (6). He promised the colonists freedom of religion and allowed them to hold on to their land.:
F. The population of New York grew to about 8,000 in 1664. New Amsterdam, now called New York City, became one of the fastest-growing locations in the colony.
G. The southern part of New York between the Hudson and the Delaware Rivers became (7). Its inhabitants were diverse in ethnicity and religion, like those from New York. Without a major port or city, however, it did not make the money the landowners expected.
H. By 1702 New Jersey became a royal colony, yet it continued to make local laws.
II. Pennsylvania (Page 84)
A. William Penn received a large tract of land in America from the king as a repayment of a debt. The colony was (8).
B. Penn, a Quaker, saw Pennsylvania as a chance to put the (9) ideas of tolerance and equality into practice. He designed the city of (10) and wrote the first constitution.
C. To encourage settlers to Pennsylvania, he advertised the colony throughout Europe in several languages. By 1683 more than 3,000 English, Welsh, Irish, Dutch, and German people settled there.
D. In 1701 Penn granted the colonists the right to elect representatives to a legislative assembly. In 1703, Three Lower Counties formed their own legislature and became the colony of (11).
E. The counties functioned as a separate colony known as Delaware and were supervised by Pennsylvania's governor.
Discussion Question Why was religious toleration and equality important to the settlers of Pennsylvania?
I. England and the Colonies (Pages 82-84)
A. In 1660 England had two groups of colonies:
1. The New England colonies run by private corporations under a royal charter. They were Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
2. The (1) colonies run by England. They were Maryland and Virginia.
B. England wanted to gain control of the Dutch-controlled land in between these two groups of colonies because of its (2) and river trade.
C. The Dutch colony was (3). Its main settlement of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island was a center of shipping to and from the Americas. The Dutch West India Company gave new settlers who brought at least 50 settlers with them a large estate. These landowners gained riverfront estates and ruled like kings. They were called (4).
D. In 1644 the English sent a fleet to attack New Amsterdam. The governor of New Amsterdam, (5), was unprepared for a battle, so he surrendered the colony.
E. The Duke of York gained control of the colony and named it (6). He promised the colonists freedom of religion and allowed them to hold on to their land.:
F. The population of New York grew to about 8,000 in 1664. New Amsterdam, now called New York City, became one of the fastest-growing locations in the colony.
G. The southern part of New York between the Hudson and the Delaware Rivers became (7). Its inhabitants were diverse in ethnicity and religion, like those from New York. Without a major port or city, however, it did not make the money the landowners expected.
H. By 1702 New Jersey became a royal colony, yet it continued to make local laws.
II. Pennsylvania (Page 84)
A. William Penn received a large tract of land in America from the king as a repayment of a debt. The colony was (8).
B. Penn, a Quaker, saw Pennsylvania as a chance to put the (9) ideas of tolerance and equality into practice. He designed the city of (10) and wrote the first constitution.
C. To encourage settlers to Pennsylvania, he advertised the colony throughout Europe in several languages. By 1683 more than 3,000 English, Welsh, Irish, Dutch, and German people settled there.
D. In 1701 Penn granted the colonists the right to elect representatives to a legislative assembly. In 1703, Three Lower Counties formed their own legislature and became the colony of (11).
E. The counties functioned as a separate colony known as Delaware and were supervised by Pennsylvania's governor.
Discussion Question
Why was religious toleration and equality important to the settlers of Pennsylvania?